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Natural resources: Curse or blessing?
van der Ploeg, Frederick - 2010
Are natural resources a 'curse' or a 'blessing'? The empirical evidence suggests either outcome is possible. The paper surveys a variety of hypotheses and supporting evidence for why some countries benefit and others lose from the presence of natural resources. These include that a resource...
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Diasporas and Economic Development : A Review of the Evidence and Policy
Bahar, Dany - 2020
The paper reviews recent literature on the economics of migration and diasporas, focusing on economic gains and opportunities that these diasporas could represent for home countries. In addition, the paper discusses policies aimed at leveraging this "diaspora capital"
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012841140
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Economic Policy Uncertainty : Persistence and Cross-Country Linkages
Aikins Abakah, Emmanuel Joel - 2020
This paper provides new evidence on the stochastic behaviour of the EPU (Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) index constructed by Baker et al. (2016) in six of the biggest economies (Canada, France, Japan, US, Ireland, and Sweden) over the period from January 1985 to October 2019. In particular,...
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Credit Market Imperfection, Lack of Entrepreneurs and Capital Outflow from a Developing Economy
Marjit, Sugata - 2020
This paper explores the impact of credit market on the entrepreneurs and demand for credit in a credit constrained economy and the resultant impact on the capital flows. In standard trade models the capital flows across countries are explained as a result of the rate of return differentials due...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824582
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Body Mass, Nutrition, and Disease : Current Net Nutrition During Us Economic Development
Carson, Scott A. - 2020
When other measures for material welfare are scarce or unreliable, the use of average stature and body mass index (BMI) values is common. BMI reflects the current difference between calories consumed, calories required for work, and to withstand the physical environment. This study evaluates...
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Tax Systems and Development
Mardan, Mohammed - 2020
This paper analyzes the optimal tax system consisting of the tax rate and the capacity of the tax administration. I challenge the conventional wisdom that tax rates and tax administrations' capacity are complements showing that their relationship depends on a country's level of development....
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Finance & Development, December 2010
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2010
increasingly affecting the rest of the world not just its neighbors and main trading partners. In addition, F&D examines a variety … of topics that are particularly relevant as the world struggles to shake off the crisis. Alan Blinder and Mark Zandi look … how the recession affected several individuals around the world. This issue of F&D profiles Princeton economic theorist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402513
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Finance & Development, March 2011
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2011
luminaries tasked with generating ideas on how to make the global monetary system more stable in the wake of the world financial …
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Finance & Development, March 2009
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2009
Crisis Stalls Globalization: Reshaping the World Economy"" examines the multiple facets of the recession-from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403399
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Finance & Development, December 2006
International Monetary Fund / External Relations Dept - 2006
'Africa: Making Its Move' explores some of the obstacles facing sub-Saharan Africa as it attempts to capitalize on changes that offer fresh opportunities for growth and poverty reduction. The lead article describes the changes and suggests how Africa can build on them to progress further. Other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403400